Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan (19 September 1939 – 5 May 2012) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament from

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. He was elected to parliament 6 times from Bhola. He was a former state minister of religious affairs.

Birth and early life

Shahjahan was born on 19 September 1939 in

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Career

Shahjahan joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party soon after Ziaur Rahman founded the party. He became the organizing secretary of Khulna District unit of the party. In 1991 he was made the state minister for water resources in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and in 2001 he was appointed state minister of religious affairs in the second cabinet of Khaleda Zia.

Death

Shahjahan died on 5 May 2012 in

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, Bangladesh.

References

1939 births 2012 deaths Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members State ministers of religious affairs of Bangladesh State ministers of water resources of Bangladesh People from Bhola District {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub